Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Democrats Respond To The Resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn

After National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night, the reaction from Democrats was swift.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of stonewalling and called for “truth and consequences.”

“We want to know by what authority did General Flynn have these conversations (with the Russian envoy),” she demanded.

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md, Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, attacked Flynn Tuesday for “secretly communicating with Russian officials at the same time that Russia was attacking our democracy.”

Trudeau was polling 42% before Christmas. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-trudeau-liberals-polls-1.3903266Their numbers today are now closer to what they polled in the last election when they won the election with 39.5%

But there are problems.

Liberal support in Ontario is not doing well. But that is probably due to the failure and collapse of the current Liberal Provincial government. The Provincial Liberals are now polling in their teens .... and those numbers are very soft. http://www.citynews.ca/2016/11/07/bad-news-wynne-liberals-poll-shows-popularity-falling/

The big concern for Liberals is on what is happening in Quebec. It is because of Quebec that Justin Trudeau is Prime Minister, and what happens in that province will dictate his future. The above CBC poll is saying that the Liberals are doing well, but recent french news media polls paint a different picture. people may like him personally .... but as to wh they will vote .... his support in a poll from a few days ago is a few points below what he won in the last election, and that support I am willing to wager is soft. Also .... the NDP are getting their act together in the province, and who they elect as their next leader will influence that outcome even more. I know my Liberal Laurentian friends who were key to the rise of Justin Trudeau are worried.

O'Leary is not A Donald Trump .... though he is trying to be one. In the Conservative leadership race he is now in the lead with 23% of the vote. Is his message resonating .... not with progressives .... but for those who are not political (like my GF) .... his message is resonating. This concerns me .... the GF predicted Trump's victory a month after he announced that he was going to enter the race to be President.

I concur Jay. The Fed's Yellen signalled today that rates are going up. But buried in her testimony was her concern that the trillions that the Fed has accumulated because of quantitative easing will now need to be taken care of. That is definitely going to be a "Youuge" impact not only on the U.S. .... but on everyone else. The U.S. will need +3% growth to make this work .... but there are too many who want to keep the status quo. This is not going to end well.

Yes and no.But the Canadian election is still 3 years away, and we both know that is a lifetime in politics. In the meantime PM Trudeau will do what he wants.

Same for President Trump .... he has a lot of power, and what happened today will be forgotten when the big issues come into play .... economic/tax policies, immigration, defense and entitlement budgets, foreign policy, war policy, etc..

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